MURRIETA: Elderly man killed in head-on crash

EDWARD SIFUENTES esifuentes@nctimes.com

MURRIETA ---- An 84-year-old Murrieta man died Wednesday night
after a head-on crash, according to the Murrieta Police
Department.

Richard Johnson was driving in the 38900 block of Clinton Keith
Road about 8:50 p.m. when his sedan collided with a pickup,
authorities said. Johnson was taken to a local hospital where he
died of his injuries about 11 p.m.

The 44-year-old man driving the pickup was critically injured
and was taken to a hospital for treatment, said Sgt. Jim
Gruwell.